Carolyn Hax: Grandfather has every right to stop giving his adult grandson Christmas gifts

1:30 PM,
Jan. 26, 2013

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Dear Carolyn: Ever since my two sons were born (now 19 and 16), my father has sent a modest monetary gift on their birthdays and Christmas. He is a wealthy man and although the gift was not much, it was just lovely that he thought of them.

This Christmas, my father sent me a chatty e-mail explaining that he would not be sending my older son a Christmas gift because it was his policy not to send gifts to anyone over 18.

The whole thing is odd because I've exchanged Christmas gifts with him and his wife every year. ...